The last arc, he didn’t fall for it, so Lucy had to enlist Linus to hold the ball. And he’s not telling whether he pulled the ball away or let Charlie Brown finally place-kick the football. Personally, I don’t think Linus would do such a thing to Charlie Brown. I think he let Charlie Brown kick the football, but 40 years of falling for Lucy was bottled up inside him so he kicked it so hard that he landed flat on his back anyway. The football flew over the house, knocked Snoopy off his doghouse, then demolished Woodstock’s nest. But I don’t know that happened for sure, only Linus knows, and he’ll never tell.
The last arc, he didn’t fall for it, so Lucy had to enlist Linus to hold the ball. And he’s not telling whether he pulled the ball away or let Charlie Brown finally place-kick the football. Personally, I don’t think Linus would do such a thing to Charlie Brown. I think he let Charlie Brown kick the football, but 40 years of falling for Lucy was bottled up inside him so he kicked it so hard that he landed flat on his back anyway. The football flew over the house, knocked Snoopy off his doghouse, then demolished Woodstock’s nest. But I don’t know that happened for sure, only Linus knows, and he’ll never tell.